Always Exploring

Tag: nature

First off, I want to say thanks for all of the tremendous support during this month at the Apple Gallery. This was my largest gallery showing (with over 30 pieces) including ready-to-hang metal and stretched canvas prints. My prints will be hung until January 31, so try to swing by before then! I chose a … More Dan Whittaker at The Apple Gallery

2017 was a very exciting year for me and I traveled to a ton of new places! I put together this top 10 of my favorite photos, and below is a video compilation of my favorite scenes of 2017. I have many accomplishments to be grateful for in 2017 including becoming married, starting as a … More Best of 2017 – Top 10 Photos & Video

I cannot imagine that many places exist where a person can enter public land to find expansive trails, mountain vistas, and freely roaming ponies. Among the rolling Appalachian mountains of southwest Virginia exists the beautiful Grayson Highlands State Park. This park continues to stay at the top of my travel list, as every visit seems to bring new … More Virginia’s Beautiful Grayson Highlands

2016 has been a fast paced and amazing year. I visited hundreds of new trails, documented winter storms, tropical storms and the historic Hurricane Matthew, documented the violent protests in Charlotte, filmed many new time-lapse videos, and chased a ton of tornado warned storms. Most of my year was focused documenting and photographing North Carolina in … More Best of 2016

White sand beaches, beautiful dunes, and a small island strip reached by a ferry…what could be better? My reasons for living in North Carolina continue to grow as I age, and the Outer Banks barrier islands represent a piece that makes North Carolina the beautiful state it is. Ocracoke Island is a southern section of … More Ocracoke Island

The last few months have been spent tirelessly exploring Greensboro, North Carolina looking for places to film. Why is this? Besides it being amazing to truly learn and experience my hometown, I have recently been motivated to create a video that shows the change over time that has happened to this quickly expanding city. Greensboro, … More Exploring Greensboro

When winter comes around, a lot of people would rather stay inside… but for me cold weather means the chance for some great photography! This last week in NC has been very cold, with temperatures in the teens and multiple ice events which led to travel backups. However, this extreme cold prompted me to get … More Icy Bog Landscape Hunting

Its the start of a new year, and before plunging back into the woods with my camera, I have decided to take a look back at some of the best nature pictures I captured this year. 2014 was an exciting, beautiful and action packed year for me. I hiked hundreds of miles of trails, visited fifteen … More Best of 2014 Nature Photography

A big day for storms yesterday! Although no tornadoes were reported, the storms exploded with intense wind and large hail. We started out our chase day south of Temple Texas, at around 2:00 PM where we prepared to intercept our first severe warned cell of the day. I was with my faithful chase partner and girlfriend … More First Midwest Chase of the Year